Adult film star Stormy Daniels expected to testify against Trump in New York trial

NEW YORK — Stormy Daniels, also known as Stephanie Clifford, is expected to testify in the criminal trial against former President Donald Trump on Tuesday.

She is one of two women the prosecution is alleging Trump paid off to protect his electoral prospects the first time he ran for the White House.

Trump faces 34 felony counts alleging that he falsified New York business records to conceal damaging information to influence the 2016 presidential election. Trump, who pleaded not guilty, claims the trial itself is "election interference" because of how it is disrupting his 2024 bid for president because he must be present in court every day and can't campaign when he is.

Who is Stormy Daniels?

Daniels is an adult film actor who received a $130,000 payment from Trump's then-personal attorney Michael Cohen in 2016 as Trump was first running for president. Daniel's has said that she had an affair with Trump after he married Melania and just after the birth of his youngest son, Barron.

Although Trump has denied the affair, in 2018 Cohen admitted to the payments, and Trump acknowledged that Cohen represented him in the deal after at first denying it. In 2018 Cohen pleaded guilty to federal charges of violating campaign finance law, "at the direction of a candidate for federal office," among other charges, and was sentenced to three years in federal prison.

Daniels also tried to sue Trump in 2018 for defamation, but the lawsuit was dismissed. In 2023 she later tried to appeal the decision but lost that appeal, leaving her to pay Trump's legal fees of $120,000. That same month, Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury.

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